PEAVEY; PEAVY
Pea"vey Pea"vy, n. [Said to be from the inventor's name.] (Lumbering)
Defn: A cant hook having the end of its lever armed with a spike.
PEBA
Pe"ba, n. Etym: [Cf. Pg. peba.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An armadillo (Tatusia novemcincta) which is found from Texas to
Paraguay; — called also tatouhou.
PEBBLE
Peb"ble, n. Etym: [AS. papolstan; cf. L. papula pimple, mote. See
Stone.]
1. A small roundish stone or bowlder; especially, a stone worn and rounded by the action of water; a pebblestone. "The pebbles on the hungry beach." Shak. As children gathering pebbles on the shore. Milton.
2. Transparent and colorless rock crystal; as, Brazilian pebble; — so called by opticians. Pebble powder, slow-burning gunpowder, in large cubical grains. — Scotch pebble, varieties of quartz, as agate, chalcedony, etc., obtained from cavities in amygdaloid.
PEBBLE
Peb"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pebbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Pebbling.]
Defn: To grain (leather) so as to produce a surface covered with small rounded prominences.
PEBBLED
Peb"bled, a.